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Realme 16 Pro Plus vs Honor 500 Pro

76 out of 100
Realme 16 Pro Plus
VS
90 out of 100
Honor 500 Pro
Realme 16 Pro Plus
Honor 500 Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.8-inch Realme 16 Pro Plus (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4) that was released on January 6, 2026, against the Honor 500 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Realme 16 Pro Plus
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
Reasons to consider the Honor 500 Pro
  • 2.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3233K versus 1392K)
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 8000 vs 7000 mAh
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 2.3x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3155 and 1374 points

Review

Evaluation of Realme 16 Pro Plus and Honor 500 Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
57.8
(Average)
Value Index
64.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
16 Pro Plus
vs
500 Pro

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1280 x 2800 pixels 1264 x 2736 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 453 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6500 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Aluminosilicate
Screen-to-body ratio 91.6% 91.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Screen space comparison
16 Pro Plus
6.8β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
500 Pro
6.55β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
16 Pro Plus
1980 nits
500 Pro
n/a

Design and build

Height 162.5 mm (6.4 inches) 155.8 mm (6.13 inches)
Width 76.3 mm (3 inches) 74.2 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 7.75 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 198 g (6.98 oz) 201 g (7.09 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Eco-leather -
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gold, Gray, Pink Black, Silver, Blue, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.2/5) -
Drop resistance Good (C) Β· 90 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
16 Pro Plus +1%
91.6%
500 Pro
91.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Realme 16 Pro Plus and Honor 500 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 2800 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 4 + 3) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 3 cores at 1.84 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)		 - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 3 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 722 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 512 1536
GPU clock 1150 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~1177.6 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Realme 16 Pro Plus and Honor 500 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
16 Pro Plus
1374
500 Pro +130%
3155
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
16 Pro Plus
4363
500 Pro +116%
9430
Compute Score (GPU)
16 Pro Plus
7820
500 Pro +208%
24091
Compute Score (GPU) 7820 24091
Single-core score 1374 3155
Multi-core score 4363 9430
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
16 Pro Plus
1392392
500 Pro +132%
3233535
CPU 504281 1090319
GPU 321491 1124612
Memory 209587 339026
UX 357033 679587
Total score 1392392 3233535
Samples [5 tests] [2 tests]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Realme 16 Pro Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-14 (Wal)AnTuTu 111393909
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-20 -> PhilAnTuTu 111396562
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-19 (febrycitizen)AnTuTu 111392392
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-17 -> PhilAnTuTu 111391276
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-13 -> PhilAnTuTu 111359701
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Honor 500 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Amin7r)AnTuTu 123254498
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (Amin7r)AnTuTu 113155685
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-09 (e)AnTuTu 113233535
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 -
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM Realme UI 7.0 MagicOS 10
OS updates 5 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 7000 mAh 8000 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (62% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 1:04 hr -
Battery cycles 1300 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 18:05 hr -
Watching video 20:08 hr -
Gaming 08:00 hr -
Standby 140 hr -
General battery life
16 Pro Plus
34:57 hr
500 Pro
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution - 16384 x 12288
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 116Β° 117Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP5 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.5 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.8 f/2.4
Focal length 80 mm 68 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.51" (β‰ˆ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV08D -
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.0
Focal length 22 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV50D CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) -
Pixel size 0.61 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* No Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No -
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced January 2026 November 2025
Release date January 2026 November 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $445 $505
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Yes, 80 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Honor 500 Pro is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
7 (31.8%)
15 (68.2%)
Total votes: 22

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